Well long time no see, guys! So glad I've got motivation for this. Thank you BVB! What a weird source for motivation ^^; oh wells, glad you all like this! Get the tissues ready for this chapter though; these two featured songs always get me :'{
First song mentioned, Proof of Life by Rin. Second song, Soundless Voice by Len
Disclaimer: I do not own Vocaloid
Proof of Life with her Soundless Voice
Rin's POV
"Ah, Miku, stop~!" I laughed as she threw a handful of snow in my face which I shielded as we played in the snow. It was her, Kaito, and I while Luka and Gakupo watched from inside with Mr. T. We built snowmen, snow forts and were currently having a snow fight. Gakupo had given me a purple scarf which I was very glad to be wearing now as it prevented the ice cold material from escaping into my sailor top. I was crazy for wearing my signature black shorts, leg warmers and sailor fuku but being with my friends made me spill over with warmth. I laughed as I wiped snow from my cheek and watched as Kaito and Miku bent over to catch their breath.
"H-how 'bout we call it a three-way tie?" Kaito asked and Miku and I nodded,
"Yeah, sounds fair." Suddenly Miku pushed him into the snow making him shout in surprise, thankfully his signature long white outfit kept the snow from touching his skin,
"Now it's just a tie~." Miku said with a wink as she stood in her signature grey outfit. Then the bluenette seized her wrist and pulled her down too causing her to cry in response to the sudden cold that touched her skin, "Hey, no fair!"
"You brought it onto yourself." Kaito protested and the tealette puffed her cheeks in annoyance then was helped up by her friend.
"Sheesh, I'm freezing." Miku said hugging herself and I could nearly see the icicles hanging from her long pigtails,
"Let's head in, Rin? You comin'?" I shook my head,
"No, I'm fine, thanks. I'll meet up with you two in the lounge later for some hot chocolate, nee?" They nodded and headed inside.
I proceed to walk in the snow-covered campus as the white flurries continued to fall. A smile on my face and my hands clasped behind me as I strolled, "The voice of the wind whispers into my ear." I cupped my hands as the snow fell into them, "That winder is here; my body trembles." I brought my hands to my heart and closed my eyes as I continued to walk with a smile, "Next to me is you, your breath is white and seems cold." I opened my eyes at the end of the line and lowered my arms to claps in front of me and smiled sadly at the snow-covered earth, "This year as well, my life has withered; I wait for the upcoming spring apologetically." My smile faded, "While listening to the chains of the life continues to bud in the light." I clasped my hands over my heart and smiled at the sky, "I know of my fate to keep rotting, but still, I am strong. I want to breathe, I want to sing." I stopped in my tracks and spread my arms out, "I would like to leave something behind. That says, I had lived; a proof of my life."
I smiled brightly as I sang to the snowing sky, "I don't want to sing a sad song. Hey, I'm begging you . . . right now, all I want . . . Is to laugh next to you, I want to sing a kind song." Suddenly my throat tightened enabling no air to travel to my lungs. I gasped but failed to breathe, the strain on my throat from my illness had caught up to me and I collapsed into the snow. I twitched on my side as I fought to breath, my heart was racing in utter panic and my eyes were wide. I can't breathe! Not . . . please . . . not now! Please! After a while of fighting, my body grew tired and I closed my eyes. The ice and snow continued to fall on my motionless body and my breathing growing fainter and fainter.
Len's POV
I was strolling in the snow when I heard an angelic voice and smiled to myself when I recognized it to be Rin's. I looked up and saw her singing to the sky on a hill then she collapsed out of the blue, my eyes widened and my heart dropped into my stomach. "Rin!" I cried and immediately took off to her side. However, when I got there, she was lying on her side completely motionless. I ran and skidded to a stop at her side, "Rin?" I shook her but she did not stir, "Rin! Rin!"
Rin's POV
I was unconscious. Very little air was travelling to my lungs and I was barely holding on. I heard Len's voice but I couldn't acknowledge his desperation. I wanted so badly to assure him I was alive but at this point I didn't think I was going to make it. I drifted in darkness with my eyes closed as I sang in my mind. Several winters pass by, and I finally realized this emotion was . . . Unable to convey what I wanted it to, but, —memories of Len and I smiling and having a good time with each other raced to my mind—my heart was always connected to yours, right . . .? As I drifted I began to cry and covered my eyes. It's so dark, I can't see . . . —my hands traveled to my ears— I can't hear anything . . . —I began to shake— I'm scared . . . It hurts! I fought hard to breath but my throat was just too tight it hurt beyond belief. I felt my heart slow. It's lonely. While everything around me continues to disappear, —an image of Len's smiling face came to my darkening mind— only your smile has yet to disappear. You're singing a kind song, aren't you? Even though we're being encompassed by a world of solitude. —I felt a tear escape my eye . . . this was it . . .— I'm always with you; don't forget that. —I wanted to touch his cheek and console him with those words . . . but I just couldn't . . . — You're never alone —I smile in my mind —
I felt his arms around me as he held me to his body. I longed to be able to move but my body was too weak from the cold and fight for air to enable such actions. Suddenly, though, my throat loosened and I took in a huge gulp of air. My eyes shot wide open, but Len was too upset to notice amongst his sobs and he lowered me so he could see my face but he closed his eyes and continued to cry. I slowly lifted an arm gently placed my hand over his. He gasped; his eyes were wide as he stared down at my weak, smiling form. "I'm not lonely, you're here." I sang quietly as I regained my breath . . . and my life basically . . . my hearing were still was still weak though, "You hold me close with your warm hands, although I cannot hear anything, I can still understand you. The hand you touched me with, told me 'I love you . . .'" Tears were coming to my eyes, I was so lucky to have such a dear friend who cared so much about me . . . my heart was overflowing with my feelings for him and I vowed then and there to tell him as soon as I could. I closed my eyes and continued to sing as he cried onto my weak, but living, body, "I don't want to sing a sad song. Hey, I'm begging you, right now; all I want is to sing together with you. I want to sing a kind song." I then reached forward and wrapped my arms around him and hugged him with the little strength I had I closed my eyes and he hugged me back with all of his might as he sobbed, "I want to dedicate it to you . . . a song of sorrowful parting. In the end, I want to tell you . . . Thank you." My tears escaped my eyes.
Len's POV *(Occurs after Len tries to wake Rin up)*
I could only stare at her motionless form. The snow continued to fall down and I was all alone outside in the bitter cold with her. "On a night when silence encompassed the city, white was pouring down." She was in fetal position. "Your extended palms in the brief moment I touched it, I understood this soundless fragment." I looked up at the white flakes falling. "Accumulating without a sound. Light gathered" I looked back down at her solemnly, "and you laugh. . . 'What kind of sound was that just now?' You said this because you can no longer hear anything." I bit my lip which quivered immensely as tears welled in my eyes, "Tell me if it hurts; tell me if it's lonely." I just couldn't believe it . . . she was gone . . . "What kind of place are you leaving to see . . . Don't leave, where ever you're going, I cannot follow." —Memories of us together enjoying ourselves flashed in my mind—"Weren't the two of us always together as one?" In brought her into me and held her with all of my might. "In the thick layers of snow, I couldn't do anything but hold you as you disappeared. If wishes come true, then just once more. I'd like to hear your voice. Just once, one more time. Call out to me."
I continued to hold her and cry my heart out. I thought I saw tear escape her eye but persuaded myself it was only my own tears. "In your hollow eyes, I saw a liquid reflected. The gray world seems to have stopped as only the soft snow comes down. You continue to grow cold; that voice that won't return cannot explain this to me. Listen to my voice. Laugh again. The tears dry up as you pass away and dissolve into you. If wishes come true, then take away my voice and give it to my beloved one, please. I am all alone in a world without you and all that remains is this moment of us together as you rot away." I touched her cheek gently, "I was in love with you, and I couldn't even say it. I am locked out of a world with you, for eternity. Even if I scream, it won't reach you, and your voice is no longer here." I held her so close to me and stood on my knees as I screamed to the sky. "Hey, to the thickening snow," I lowered her to look at her face but my tears blurred my vision, however, the next thing I knew Rin had placed a hand on my own which rested on her shoulder and she began to sing to me. I was overwhelmed with emotion and continued to sob as she sang. "find some way to pile up forever. Take everything away from me." She reached her arms out and hugged me close as she continued to sing as did I, "This soundless voice of mine, erase it away, all of it. Make it white" I continued to hug her tightly, as she hugged me, as I calmed down for the most part.
Thank God she was alive . . .Rin . . . my beloved Rin . . .
Aw! Wnafsvh sdkfjnvsjfng My god I was trying so hard not to cry! D':} Please review! Maybe I can bang out one more chappie ^.^